Many people, especially Indians are very quick to criticize say someone like the Singapore government, for putting on directed and concocted shows. But what about these new IPL “after parties”? They seem like a miserable drill the cricketers follow, night after night after night. Not only does the show seem completely put on (at least to this author), women are invited, celebrities perhaps flown in and the cricketers seem like they have to “keep up” with this new party culture; and all-in-all it looks like a sad and forced regimen for everyone. To top it all you have VJ’s and some others, pouncing around in over-excited tones, acting like it’s the greatest party on earth. Unfortunately, most of the visuals indicate to the contrary. The cricketers look jaded and tired, the VJ’s over-the-top, the invited mini skirt women flashing false smiles and celebrities who look like they would rather quickly get to their hotel room to get a good nights sleep. But its a free country and so people are free to celebrate and do as they please, but I would caution readers to be mindful before consuming boring visuals of a “put-on” party, weather on TV, in print or on radio. True celebration comes from the inside, through a solid understanding of your own inner being…no wonder you never find Sachin Tendulkar at any of these concoctions. Great example.
Dennis Taraporewala 
In the current IPL controversy, the After Parties seem to be one of the first casualties. Saw a newsreport yesterday which wondered how players can focus on their performance given that they play almost every alternate day with a party in between that stretches into the wee hours of the morning.
Franchisees love Modi because he has helped them squeeze income from every conceivable opportunity surrounding IPL. But even in the pursuit of wealth, a sense of balance woudl help.
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i went to one that was truly boring. the major cricketers did not attend. the others (including the ones from the winning team) looked like they had been asked to attend so were doing that, and all celebs left in ten minutes – lots party hopped to another spontaneous one that happened in the same hotel a bit later but with a more select list and no fashion show…that stayed packed till 5am..so its probably true the teams and ppl do want to get together after, but also probably not in that very formal way. But then there’s the money. I was told that the ipl is making a 100 cr on the after parties. It’s good business, so who would say no..and now there are also the ipl awards..more sponsors, more money…i’m all for making money…just wish some of it could go to a more needed good cause like cleaning our city, environment or sport in general…maybe sporting facilities in schools..imagine if each event was a fundraiser for something that would benefit the country..how amazing that would be..money for sports facilities in municipal schools…
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Most don’t wish to put in a thousand hours of (practice) hard work before they flaunt themselves as having arrived.
Sachin reminds me of Chapter two ; The 10,000 Hours Rule from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success.
Would be a pleasure to speak about this phenomena off line some day.
Cheers,
B
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Well put Dennis!!! How true!!
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